A Good Place to Start Again

I will likely write an update post soon, but for now, I wanted to post this prayer from yesterday’s daily office because I like it and I want to remember it. Gracious Father, we pray for your holy catholic church. Fill it with all truth, in all truth, with all peace. Where it is corrupt,…

What Do We Get Away With?

First a great quote from Shaun in the comments of the previous post: The best of us are not nearly good enough and the worst of us are not bad enough that His grace can’t reach us. As promised, a few quotes from Between Noon and Three (Robert Farrar Capon): …they will not be discovered,…

A Teaser

I just started reading Between Noon and Three by Robert Farrar Capon.  Maybe next week I will post a few of his comments about grace.  Capon definitely flips religion upside down.  Meanwhile, I am also in a book club discussing The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  Bonhoeffer’s ideas about cheap grace seem to be…

Your Kingdom Come

I’m leaving town for a few days, but I thought that I would leave something beautiful to read here, in case anyone drops in while I’m gone.  This is from Baxter Kruger: As the light of Jesus shines into our darkness, we will not be yearning to escape the ordinary, we will be stunned and…

Spiritual Formation & Discipleship

I don’t remember where I came across the link to this article, maybe in an email. The Making of the Christian Richard J. Foster and Dallas Willard Christianity Today (9/16/2005) Willard: Spiritual formation is the process of establishing the character of Christ in the person. That’s all it is. You are taking on the character…